diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/go.mod b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/go.mod
index d49379196524..c660421e33b4 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/go.mod
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.36.0-beta.0
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.36.0-beta.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0
-	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.36.0-beta.0
+	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.37.0-alpha.0
 	k8s.io/metrics v0.36.0-beta.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260319190234-28399d86e0b5
 )
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/go.sum b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/go.sum
index 2e9f887ae36e..0eb6cff3ec58 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/go.sum
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/go.sum
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0 h1:Tf+J3AH7xnUzZyVVXhTgGhEKnFqye14aadWv7bzXdzc=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0/go.mod h1:o+/RWfJ6PwpnFn7OyAG3QnO47BFsymfEfrz6XyYSSp0=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260319004828-5883c5ee87b9 h1:Sztf7ESG9tAXRW/ACJZjrj5jhdOUqS2KFRQT+CTvu78=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20260319004828-5883c5ee87b9/go.mod h1:uGBT7iTA6c6MvqUvSXIaYZo9ukscABYi2btjhvgKGZ0=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.36.0-beta.0 h1:JH//LncxXA6NgPDh8WXTzIB15xxvIRZad/Pi/FyERuE=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.36.0-beta.0/go.mod h1:tEctlJ34upX7Kylw8XFd5w9FOU9tLTjJRbsBvPgtuCE=
+k8s.io/kubernetes v1.37.0-alpha.0 h1:B4lO9ovKI7RdOzhCtY1pgUEQF64cbamGPl/Cnw6hS9E=
+k8s.io/kubernetes v1.37.0-alpha.0/go.mod h1:tEctlJ34upX7Kylw8XFd5w9FOU9tLTjJRbsBvPgtuCE=
 k8s.io/metrics v0.36.0-beta.0 h1:BhrAQmQysFcle2OHUJuXVf6zWhhA0fGWXawGMBOkru0=
 k8s.io/metrics v0.36.0-beta.0/go.mod h1:u+Y4KREh8z/OYA9iZZ/sjiLtymLwaiOZGFz+zgcSDCQ=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260319190234-28399d86e0b5 h1:kBawHLSnx/mYHmRnNUf9d4CpjREbeZuxoSGOX/J+aYM=